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William W. Akers Chemical Engineering papers and Rice University Vice President for Administration records

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Identifier: UA 154
Overview The bulk of these records relate to Akers’ administrative roles at Rice University, particularly as Vice President for Administration. Correspondence, memos, articles, newsclippings reflect his interests both as university administrator and as professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering.
Dates: 1960-1994
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

William Ward Watkin family papers

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Identifier: MS 508
Overview Correspondence, photographs, family trees, vital records and other genealogical material related to the Watkin family of Houston, TX (1910s-current) and of Danville, Pennsylvania (late 19th century). William Ward Watkin (1886-1952) was the first Supervising Architect of Rice Institute and the first chair of the Dept. of Architecture at Rice Institute. His daughter, Ray Watkin Strange, is a Rice graduate and significant supporter of Rice University and the Fondren Library.
Dates: 1899-1999
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

William Ward Watkin papers

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Identifier: MS 352
Overview The papers detail the academic and architectural career of William Ward Watkin. Included in the collection are personal information, business correspondence, construction photographs and architectural drawings of the early Rice Institute, and drawings of projects from his private architectural career.
Dates: 1903 - 1956; Majority of material found within
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

William Watson papers

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Identifier: MS 385
Overview This collection contains the correspondence, manuscript verse, and proofs of poems of the poet Sir William Watson. Correspondents include R. Ellis Roberts, Clarence Winchester (of the Amalgamated Press), and T.N. Green-Armytage.
Dates: 1892-1935
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

William Wilkinson Green Diary

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Identifier: MS 103
Abstract: Diary written during the U.S. Civil War while Green served in the Union Army (chiefly in Virginia) with the 5th Michigan Infantry Regiment, Army of the Potomac; entries include records of clothing, pay, letters received, and places visited by his regiment while on campaign.
Dates: 1862 - 1865
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

William Williston Heartsill journal

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Identifier: MS 035
Abstract: Journal describes Texan Confederate soldier W.W. Heartsill's experiences during the U.S. Civil War, including material related to Texas ranching activities, Indian and Mexican affairs, and botany; the Texas Secession Convention; generals Braxton Bragg, Stonewall Jackson, Joseph E. Johnston, and John W. Whitfield; his work with the W.P. Lane Rangers (later Company F, 2nd Regiment, Texas Calvary); battles of Chickamauga and Vicksburg; prisoners of war; and Confederate Army Trans-Mississippi...
Dates: 1861 - 1866
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Wolf / Mazow Family Papers

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Identifier: MS 953
Overview One box of newspaper clippings, photographs, magazine articles, writings, correspondence, agendas, yearbooks, a musical score, and a Holocaust curriculum book documents the lives of members of the Wolf / Mazow family from 1935 to 2018.
Dates: 1935 - 2018
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Woman's Building of Houston - Milford House papers, 1894-1976

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Identifier: MS 388
Overview The collection consists of the membership documents, organizational documents and memorabilia of the Woman's Building of Houston, an organization founded in 1925 that was devoted to the creation of a building that would serve as a cultural and social center for Houston women. After over twenty-five turbulent years of fundraising and patience, the organization saw success when Milford House officially opened in 1953.
Dates: 1894-1976
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Women of Rice interviews and exhibition records

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Identifier: UA 322
Overview Correspondence, interview transcripts and materials related to Dr. Linda Driskill's Rice Women's Conference in 1999. The 2012-2013 interviews were conducted by students in two classes of the Introduction to the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, one under Dr. Lora Wildenthal and the other under Dr. Abigail Rosas, in preparation for the 2014 exhibition and symposium at Fondren Library.
Dates: 1988 - 2014; Majority of material found within 2012 - 2014
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Woodson Research Center art collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA 063
Overview This collection consists of framed paintings, framed and unframed drawings, prints, sculptures, and other artworks donated to the Woodson Research Center/Rice University archives.
Dates: 1912 - 2012
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

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Congregation Beth Yeshurun (Houston, Tex) 5
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United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston (Houston, Tex.) 5
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Congregation Adath Yeshurun (Houston, Tex.) 4
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Hobby, Oveta Culp, 1905-1995 4
Huxley, Julian, 1887-1975 4
Pitzer, Kenneth S. (Kenneth Sanborn) 4
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Alley Theatre (Houston, Tex.) 3
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Fondren Library 3
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Jones, Jesse H. (Jesse Holman) 3
Long, Elizabeth 3
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Brown & Root, Inc. 2
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Brown, Herman,1892-1962 2
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Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), 1836-1917 2
Burrus, C. S. (C. Sidney) 2
Caine, Hall, Sir 2
Camfield, William A. 2
Cannady, William 2
Castaneda, Christopher James 2
Castaneda, James A. 2
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Chen, Edward Kin Tung 2
Clark, Kenneth, 1903-1983 2
Cohen, Esther 2
Cohen, Henry, Rabbi 2
Congregation Adath Emeth (Houston, Tex.) 2
Congregation Adath Israel (Houston, Tex.) 2
Congregation Emanu El (Houston, Tex.) 2
Congregation Shearith Israel (Wharton, Tex) 2
Cruikshank, George 2
Cullum, George W. (George Washington) 2
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DePelchin Children's Center 2
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Dickens, Charles 2
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Dufour, Reginald J. 2
Dugger, Ronnie 2
Duval, Denise 2
Eaton, Cyrus Stephen, 1883-1979 2
Fannin, James Walker, 1806?-1836 2
Ferguson, Miriam Amanda 2
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